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Career Advice Taking It Up A Notch

Women are very bad a tooting their own horn, shining a light
on their amazing accomplishments and asking for a rise or a promotion – so now
is the time to step up and be seen , heard and most of all paid for your work.

At the moment there are lots of amazing inspiring women
writing books, mentoring, inspiring and coaching through the pages of their
books. It is never too late to reinvent
yourself or step up & be fearless.

A practical guide to bringing our whole selves to our
professional work, based on the author's overwhelmingly popular course at the
Stanford Graduate School of Business. In today's workplace, the traditional
boundaries between "work" and "personal" are neither
realistic nor relevant. From millennials seeking employment in the sharing
economy to Gen Xers telecommuting to Baby Boomers creating a meaningful second
act, the line that separates who we are from the work we do is blurrier than
ever.

The truth is, we don't show up for our jobs as a portion of
ourselves-by necessity, we bring both our hearts and our minds to everything we
do. In How We Work, mindfulness expert and creator of the
perennially-waitlisted Stanford Business School course "Leading with
Mindfulness and Compassion" Dr. Leah Weiss explains why this false
dichotomy can be destructive to both our mental health and our professional
success. The bad news, says Weiss, is that nothing provides more opportunities
for negative emotions-anxiety, anger, envy, fear, and paranoia, to name a few-than
the dynamics of the workplace. But the good news is that these feelings matter.
How we feel at and about work matters-to ourselves, to the quality of our work,
and ultimately to the success of the organizations for which we work.

The path to productivity and success, says Weiss, is not to
change jobs, to compartmentalize our feelings, or to create a false
"professional" identity-but rather to listen to the wisdom our
feelings offer. Using mindfulness techniques, we can learn how to attend to
difficult feelings without becoming subsumed by them; we can develop an
awareness of our bigger picture goals that orients us and allows us to see
purpose in even the most menial tasks. In How We Work, Weiss offers a set of
practical, evidence-based strategies for practicing mindfulness in the real
world, showing readers not just how to survive another day, but how to use
ancient wisdom traditions to sharpen their abilities, enhance their leadership
and interpersonal skills, and improve their satisfaction.

Like She Owns the
Place: Unlock the Secret of Lasting Confidence by Cara Alwill Leyba £14.99
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Following the success of Girl Code, a book encouraging women to support
each other in the business community, master life coach Cara Alwill Leyba shows
her many fans how to take the next step: to build confidence from the ground
up.

In Like She Owns the Place, Leyba reveals three simple but
provocative arguments:

· Confidence doesn't come from 'winning' - it comes from
ignoring the success narratives we absorb from magazines and movies

· The impressions people make on others depend on their personalities,
not their looks

· The foundation of confidence comes from 'audacious
auditing' - Leyba's term for identifying toxic people and habits and editing
them from your life

Written in her accessible, inspirational style and full of
revealing stories from every stage of Leyba's life, Like She Owns The Place
will help readers rewire their minds to be more confident and encourage them to
go after the life they've always wanted and deserve.

If I Could Tell You
Just One Thing...: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable
Advice by Richard Reed £12.99 Waterstones (Shop Now)

Adventures in advice with some of the world's most
remarkable people.Including: President Bill Clinton, Clare Balding, Bill Gates,
Stephen Fry, Dame Judi Dench, James Corden, Margaret Atwood, Sir David
Attenborough, Annie Lennox, Andy Murray, Joanna Lumley, Sir Richard Branson,
Sandi Toksvig, Jude Law, Nicola Sturgeon, Harry Belafonte, Olivia Colman, Simon
Cowell, Bear Grylls, Diana Athill, Jo Malone, Heston Blumenthal, Nitin Sawhney,
Katie Piper, Richard Curtis, Shami Chakrabarti, and Michael McIntyre.If I Could
Tell You Just One Thing... is not only packed with great advice but is also
enormously entertaining, brilliantly written and stunningly designed. From
advice on work and relationships, to creativity, spirituality and survival,
there are words in these pages that will comfort, motivate and inspire.

The New Rules of
Work: The Ultimate Career Guide for the Modern Workplace by Kathryn Minshew
& Alexandra Cavoulacos £9.99 Waterstones (Shop Now)

The modern playbook to finding the perfect career path,
landing the right job, and waking up excited for work every day, from founders
of online network TheMuse.com. 'In today's digital age, finding job listings
and endless data about those jobs is easy. What's difficult is making sense of
it all. With The New Rules of Work, Muse founders Alexandra Cavoulacos and
Kathryn Minshew give us the tools we need to navigate the modern job search and
align our careers with our true values and passions.' Arianna Huffington,
Founder and CEO Thrive Global, NYT Bestselling author In this definitive guide
to the ever-changing modern workplace, Kathryn Minshew and Alexandra
Cavoulacos, the co-founders of popular career website TheMuse.com, show how to
find your perfect career. Through quick exercises and structured tips, the
authors guide you as you sort through your countless options; communicate who
you are and why you are valuable; and stand out from the crowd. The New Rules
of Work shows how to choose a perfect career path, land the best job, and wake
up feeling excited to go to work every day-- whether you are starting out in
your career, looking to move ahead, navigating a mid-career shift, or anywhere
in between.

Beta: Quiet Girls Can
Run the World: There is more than one way to be the boss by Rebecca Holman £9.99
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What does success look like? 5AM conference calls and late
nights in the office? Winning every argument in the office and always getting
your own way? What does a successful woman look like? The shoulder-pad wearing
Alpha? The dogmatist who rules with an iron fist? The reality is far more
nuanced. Yet women are still reduced to Alpha boss, or the Beta secretary or
assistant but when 47% of the workforce are reduced to two unhelpful
stereotypes, how can you embrace your inner Beta and be a success on your own
terms?

It's an important question because the world is changing,
fast. Successful companies need people who can lead with emotional
intelligence, be flexible to new ideas and adapt their plans when required,
leaving their ego at the door. The Beta woman's time is now. Beta celebrates
the collaborators, the pragmatists, and the people who believe that being nice
works and getting your own way isn't always the most important thing. It
explores the unsung workforce of Beta women who are being great bosses, great
leaders and are still living their own lives: having relationships, making time
for friends, having families.

Fully researched and rich with interviews, anecdotes and
case studies, Beta will be a smart and entertaining read that really explores
the role of women in the workplace today.

Shine: How To Survive
And Thrive At Work by Chris Barez-Brown £9.99 Waterstones (Shop Now)

We all have good days and bad days at work. Some days you
feel bullet proof. People listen to you, your meetings run like clockwork, and
you keep having new ideas. Other days are like wading through quick sand. You
can't get anything done, and when the printer jams (again) you want to quit.
Wouldn't it be great if every day went your way? If you jumped out of bed every
morning ready for anything? You can stand out, break the rules and make things
happen. You can be a bit more 'Elvis'. You can love every minute. The only
limit is you: your energy, your belief, your perspective.

You Are a Badass: How
to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
£9.99 Waterstones (Shop Now)